Like any technology, data visualization tools can be used poorly. We share expert tips for getting the most value out of data visualizations in business. It’s one thing to see a blur of numbers on ...

When Stephen Goldsmith was deputy mayor of New York City in 2010 and 2011, the city was working on processes to make data available to the public. “We have now gone from fulfilling that transparency ...

Embedding analytics in applications is a smart way to expose insights and decision-making capabilities directly in employee workflow and customer-facing apps. Today, many organizations are developing ...

Most data are subject to uncertainty: the possibility that the true values may be different from our estimates. The unknown is especially difficult to escape in forecasts — of the weather, economic ...

Complementing Harvard’s Map of the Month series, each week, Map Monday highlights a data visualization that enhances understanding of or helps resolve a critical civic issue. This story was originally ...

The National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting conference is an annual nerdfest at the intersection of technology and journalism. It brings together hundreds of tech folks who work in ...

I propose the following law: “The longer an innovative visualization exists, the probability someone says it should have been a line/bar chart approaches 1” I’ve seen the “shoulda been a line chart” ...